Wie Lange Noch Ohne Kolonien? [How Much Longer Without Colonies?]

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Object description

whole: the image is positioned in the upper three-quarters. The title is separate and placed in the upper quarter and
lower left, in white. The text is separate and located in the lower fifth, in yellow gothic script. All set against a black
background.
image: a depiction of a barred window, with its outline forming the shape of the African continent. Two palm trees and a thatched hut are
visible through the window.
text: Wie lange noch
Gahe [?]
ohne Kolonien?
Reichskolonialbund
Offsetdruck: Wilhelm Limpert, Berlin SW 68
[How much longer without colonies? Imperial Colonial Federation. Offset Press: Wilhelm Limpert, Berlin SW 68]

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The Reichskolonialbund was founded in 1936 and incorporated a number of existing German colonial-political
organisations. The organisation's main purpose was propaganda and political agitation for German colonial ambitions via publications,
exhibitions and talks. It was dissolved in 1943 and its property confiscated.

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